This is an old post, regurgitated because it yielded some spirited discussion.

Apparantly headhunters are being told to avoid World of Warcraft players:

http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/headhunter-employers-hate-world-of-warcraft-players

It's an interesting twist, because a little while back i also recall hearing an itconversations interview on in-game leadership skills..

My own views on this are mixed.. i find the amount of time spent on gaming to be staggering (at least with gamers ive spoken to)  but ive also heard some pretty hard core hax0rs talking about gaming.. hmm....